Athi Varadar admission timings reduced by an hour
CHENNAI, JULY 15, 2019 00:00 IST
An average of 1 lakh people are visiting Sri Devarajaswami temple daily during the festival.B. Velankanni Raj
HR&CE advisory asks elderly, sick to avoid weekend visits
At a time when an average of one lakh devotees are visiting Athi Varadar per day, the Kancheepuram district administration has decided to reduce the admission timing by an hour at Sri Devarajaswami temple.
Addressing reporters on Sunday, Collector P. Ponniah said the district and temple administration had decided to reduce the time by an hour to clean up the premises. The temple gates at the Eastern gopuram would be closed by 9 p.m. from Monday (Till now it was closed at 10 p.m).
“We have to clean the temple, fill up water in the tanks and clean the rest rooms to ready the place for the next day,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department has urged the elderly, sick, differently abled, young mothers and pregnant women to avoid visits during the weekends. This is due to the sudden surge of devotees during those two days.
“On July 13 alone, over 2 lakh devotees visited. This has been true for preceding Saturdays too,” a senior HR&CE official said.
“We get a lot of senior citizens and elderly among the devotees, all of them wanting to have a darshan for the second time during their life time,” he said.
Pushpa, a volunteer with Seva Bharathi,said: “Wheelchairs are provided only after at least 800 metres to 1 km at the temple entrance. They should be available at the starting point.”
The Health department has also been conducting health camps at the festival.
T. Senthilkumar, deputy director (health), Kancheepuram, said they had 10 camps outside and one inside the temple. On an average, they got around 1,000 persons with complaints of dehydration and dizziness daily.
“We ask them to rest, stabilise them and send them back to temple. We also provide them with oral dehydration solution,” he added.
CHENNAI, JULY 15, 2019 00:00 IST
An average of 1 lakh people are visiting Sri Devarajaswami temple daily during the festival.B. Velankanni Raj
HR&CE advisory asks elderly, sick to avoid weekend visits
At a time when an average of one lakh devotees are visiting Athi Varadar per day, the Kancheepuram district administration has decided to reduce the admission timing by an hour at Sri Devarajaswami temple.
Addressing reporters on Sunday, Collector P. Ponniah said the district and temple administration had decided to reduce the time by an hour to clean up the premises. The temple gates at the Eastern gopuram would be closed by 9 p.m. from Monday (Till now it was closed at 10 p.m).
“We have to clean the temple, fill up water in the tanks and clean the rest rooms to ready the place for the next day,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department has urged the elderly, sick, differently abled, young mothers and pregnant women to avoid visits during the weekends. This is due to the sudden surge of devotees during those two days.
“On July 13 alone, over 2 lakh devotees visited. This has been true for preceding Saturdays too,” a senior HR&CE official said.
“We get a lot of senior citizens and elderly among the devotees, all of them wanting to have a darshan for the second time during their life time,” he said.
Pushpa, a volunteer with Seva Bharathi,said: “Wheelchairs are provided only after at least 800 metres to 1 km at the temple entrance. They should be available at the starting point.”
The Health department has also been conducting health camps at the festival.
T. Senthilkumar, deputy director (health), Kancheepuram, said they had 10 camps outside and one inside the temple. On an average, they got around 1,000 persons with complaints of dehydration and dizziness daily.
“We ask them to rest, stabilise them and send them back to temple. We also provide them with oral dehydration solution,” he added.
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